(Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik
along with two larger black plastic buttons at the waist for a secure fit
from the first half of the twentieth century
incorporating twenty-four pages of colour plates inserted at three locations (pages 33-40
Alice Mary Biggar of Toronto
Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Em/Nco’s Belt Buckle, By Josef Feix & Söhne Archive (Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die(Kriegsmarine Grtelschnalle). Constructed of blue grey painted magnetic metal, the obverse bearing a central raised German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, set within a ribbed ring bearing an inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD WITH US) and oak leaf branches, the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment prongs, maker marked JSF for Josef Feix & Shne, Gablonz, measuring 64 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in near mint condition.